Author: melmalinowski
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Northern Japan 2026
On the way on our semi-annual commute to and from Thailand, we are now spending three weeks traveling from Hokkaido, Japan to Tokyo, staying at many onsen resorts along the way, traveling by train. I will try to keep updating this travel journal while waiting for trains. Our flight from Portland to San Francisco departed…
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Italy and France 2026
On April 8th, we flew nonstop from Bangkok to Rome, and on to Sicily. Because of the ongoing war in Iran, our flight took about 45 minutes longer to avoid going over that area. Beginning in Palermo, Sicily, we traveled by train east and then north along the coastline of Italy, continuing up to the…
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Eastern Europe 2025
On September 3rd, 2025 we head back to Thailand via six weeks in Eastern Europe. PDX-DEN-FRA-IST flights. Start in Istanbul, then Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Hungary, before flying back to Bangkok from Munich nonstop. We begin in Istanbul, then fly to Bulgaria, and travel by car for a week. Then fly to Romania, and travel…
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Australia 2025
It’s time to head back to the USA for the summer. We’re now beginning to (post-Covid) stop somewhere along the way in each direction to explore. Our first exploration will be Tasmania, Melbourne and Sydney for a month. As I previously posted a detailed trip report for my 2017 hiking in Tasmania, I won’t repeat…
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Transcontinental Road Trip 2024
On April 2, 2024, Pin and I embarked on a seven week long road trip circling the USA from south to north, covering over 9,000 miles. I wouldn’t attempt this without the assistance of Tesla’s Full Self Driving beta software. It makes the long freeway stretches relaxing and more fun. I’ll try to enter installments…